LDP/LDP/guide/docbook/abs-guide/behead.sh

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#! /bin/sh
# Strips off the header from a mail/News message i.e. till the first
# empty line
# Mark Moraes, University of Toronto
# --> These comments added by author of this document.
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
# --> If no command line args present, then works on file redirected to stdin.
sed -e '1,/^$/d' -e '/^[ ]*$/d'
# --> Delete empty lines and all lines until
# --> first one beginning with white space.
else
# --> If command line args present, then work on files named.
for i do
sed -e '1,/^$/d' -e '/^[ ]*$/d' $i
# --> Ditto, as above.
done
fi
# --> Exercise for the reader: Add error checking and other options.
# -->
# --> Note that the small sed script repeats, except for the arg passed.
# --> Does it make sense to embed it in a function? Why or why not?